What do we mean when we call a territorial unit a nation? Is nationhood a worthwhile goal for developing areas of the world, or are there alternative solutions to be found outside the Western European model? These questions and a host of related issues are confronted in BUILDING STATES AND NATIONS, the first full-length report covering UNESCO's major series of international conferences on nation-building.
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Eisenstadt et al. (1973) studied this question.